Figurative language

Front

Simile

Back

Comparing two things using like or as.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Alliteration

Back

Two or more words that begin with the same sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Metaphor

Back

Saying one thing is another.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Hyperbole:

Back

Using an unbelievable exaggeration.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Words that sound like what they mean

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Two words with opposite meanings

Back

Oxymorons

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

Use of symbols to express ideas in literature.

Back

Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

Main idea or subject of a poem.

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D